of Geraci [1520-1592] in 1591, who sold it to Jerome Joppolo Ponz de Leon in 1595. Naso was devastated by earthquakes several times; those most memorable were in January 1693, when Naso was nearly destroyed [23]. Because of the economic needs of Count Antonio Joppolo Ventimiglia it next fell into the hands of Stefano Cibo. The county was later owned by Flavia Cibo La Rocca, who was the wife of Prince Girolamo Cottone (...) then on June 4, 1729 Giuseppa Joppolo Ventimiglia was invested in this county (…) who married Prince Diego Sandoval [...]" [18]. Later the town passed to Carlo Ventimiglia, Marquis of Geraci, Knight of St. James and magistrate of Palermo, under whose dominion the barony was changed into a county. The feud of Naso was later sold to the Grimaldis, and then it was repurchased by Joan and her husband Charles, and finally, after the death of Charles, it was traded by Joan in Starrabba. Then the territory of Naso was ruled by the La Rocca Cibo (1609-1620) and later by the Cottone (1620-1660) [21]. From the 18th Century onwards in Naso In the 18th century, the county was governed by Giovan Diego of the Sandoval, who was guilty of abuse of power and violence against his poor citizens [22]. In 1788 it became a State town on order of Ferdinand IV. It's worthy of note that in 1823 another earthquake occurred in this region. Niccolò Maggiore told that in Naso "the building of the poor, the monastery, the church of San Pietro, church of the souls of purgatory and the Cathedral collapsed, some in full, some in large part" [24]. The crisis of the town between the 19th and 20th century was also due, as with the other cities of Sicily, by the effects of large-scale emigration. Today the small town has economic activities related to agribusiness and of course to tourism. Origins of the name Naso From https://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/naso-history.php From 1545: “[…] 'Neso' now known as Naso [Nose], so called from ‘Nesia’, a region near Mount Etna, is located four miles from the sea (...) At close range eastward there is a shrine called ‘Santa Maria Nasida’ [...]” [3]. Two centuries later, in 1723, we read: “[...] 'Neso' now called ‘Naso’ [Nose], so called from ‘Nesia’, is an area four miles from the promontory that we call 'Capo d'Orlando' (...) At close range to the east